CONTENTS - Preface - S. Allison: Derivation of the PAM System of Makary Kotoko. H. Andreas / R. Leger / U. Zoch: The Nyam Language - First Steps toward a Grammatical Description. A. Awagana / D. Löhr: Loanwords in Hausa - Results from the Loanword Typology Project. G.C. Batic: Imaginative Dimension and Experiential Constructions in Hausa and Bole V. Blažek: All Chadic Lakes. R. Blench / A. Ndamsai: An Introduction to Kirya-Konz?l, a Central Chadic Language of Eastern Nigeria. D. Ibriszimow / V. Porkohomovsky / V. Sheshin: AAKTS Database and KinShIP Computer Programme for Processing Afroasiatic Kinship Terms and Systems. D Ibriszimow / B. Zulyadaini: I Think what You Think - An Evaluation of L1 and L2 Hausa Cognitive Structures. B.Mai Bello: Hausa Language and the Perception of HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. J.N. Philip: Tone on Lagwan Verbs - The Conflict between Perceptual Prominence and Lexical Contrast. J.S. Roberts: Palatalization and Labialization in Mawa (Eastern Chadic). O. Stolbova: Plurality in Chadic - Some Active and Frozen Models. H. Tourneux / A. Mahamat: Les marqueurs relatifs dans les langues dites « kotoko ». H.E. Wolff:Another Look at "Internal a" in Chadic. G. Ziegelmeyer: Between Hausa and Kanuri - On the Linguistic Influence of Hausa and Kanuri on Bade and Ngizim